2026 Our Animals, Our Country - $1 Collection Folder and Five-Coin Set
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Description
- Includes five $1 Our Animals, Our Country coin designs.
- The folder is designed to store all five coins.
- Keep an eye out for the coloured Mardumbarrayi/Saltwater Crocodile coin - each tube has a 1 in 10 chance!
Australia is rich with more than 250 Aboriginal languages. Our Animals, Our Country’ coin collection puts the spotlight on Gudanji/Wakaja peoples’ storytelling traditions and connections to Country, from the hills to the plains and the waters.
Introducing the Marraji (MAH-rah-jee), the Red Kangaroo; Jagurrugurru (jah-goo-roo-goo-roo), the Emu; Mardumbarrayi (mar-dum-bar-RYE), the Saltwater Crocodile; Darrmanji (DAR-man-jee), the Brolga and Gulamandarrina (goo-lah-mun-dah-REE-nah), the Long-necked Turtle. There is also a 1 in 10 chance to find the special coloured coin.
The artist, Ryhia dank aka nardurna, is a Gudanji/Wakaja and Kalkadoon artist and designer from the Gulf Country and Barkly Tablelands in the Northern Territory. Her work is grounded in family, memory and connection to her Country. Ryhia is an Ambassador of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation which supports remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities nationwide.
The exact phonetic pronunciation of vocabulary cannot be fully captured using the English alphabet. The spellings here are mostly approximations and reflect regional differences and language mixes, as is the experience of people sharing a living language.
